Heat, monsoon and the road to Junagadh
Seasonal notes for a Somnath taxi to Junagadh: summer starts, monsoon slack, and winter pilgrimage weeks.
Saurashtra changes the same road. Summer wants an early wheel. Monsoon wants slack for a slow truck. Winter pilgrimage weeks fill the Somnath hotels and the lane outside them. Junagadh is the fort city and the base of the Girnar climb. The steps reward an early start.
On a Junagadh day of about 90 km, leave the margin in the morning, not at the toll plaza in the afternoon. A pre-dawn leave from Somnath is the version that reaches the foothill before the heat.
An AC cab is the whole fleet, which matters from April onward. In the rains, do not stack a safari, a fort and an aarti into one unbroken hope.
Tell the desk the month, not only the date. A January Dwarka week and a July coastal week are not the same conversation.